Talmud Yerushalmi
Yerushalmi Bava Batra 4:1 ירושלמי בבא בתרא ד׳:א׳
Part of: Chapter 4
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משנה: הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הַבַּיִת לֹא מָכַר אֶת הַיָּצִיעַ וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא פְתוּחָה לְתוֹכוֹ וְלֹא אֶת הַחֶדֶר שֶׁלִּפְנִים מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא אֶת הַגַּג בִּזְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַעֲקֶה גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ צוּרַת פֶּתַח אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים אֵינוֹ מָכוּר.
MISHNAH: One who sells a house1“House” here means “apartment, ground floor apartment”, cf. Bava meṣia‘ 10:1, Note 1, Nedarim 7:4, Note 47. This and the next three Chapters spell out the standard conditions of a contract. Any intended deviation from these has to be written into the sales contract. did not sell the shed2A building ancillary to the main building (1K. 6:5,6,10). According to Maimonides it is a paved space surrounding the building. even if it opened into it, nor the room which is in its interior3A storage room in the central court., nor the roof if it has a railing ten handbreadths high4Then it is accessible to be used (Deut. 22:8). It may be accessed from outside the house by a ladder.. Rebbi Jehudah says, if its entry point is shaped like a door it is not sold even if its railing is not ten handbreadths high.
MISHNAH: One who sells a house1“House” here means “apartment, ground floor apartment”, cf. Bava meṣia‘ 10:1, Note 1, Nedarim 7:4, Note 47. This and the next three Chapters spell out the standard conditions of a contract. Any intended deviation from these has to be written into the sales contract. did not sell the shed2A building ancillary to the main building (1K. 6:5,6,10). According to Maimonides it is a paved space surrounding the building. even if it opened into it, nor the room which is in its interior3A storage room in the central court., nor the roof if it has a railing ten handbreadths high4Then it is accessible to be used (Deut. 22:8). It may be accessed from outside the house by a ladder.. Rebbi Jehudah says, if its entry point is shaped like a door it is not sold even if its railing is not ten handbreadths high.
הלכה: הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הַבַּיִת כול׳. רִבִּי נָחוּם בְּשֵׁם רִבִּי חִיָיה בַּרַ בָּא. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא בָהּ אַרְבַּע עַל אַרְבַּע עַל רוּם עֲשָׂרָה. וּבִלְבַד בִּמְקוּרָה וּבִמְגוּפָּף. אָמַר לוֹן רִבִּי זֵירָא. כָּל הָדֵין פֵּירוּשָׁא הִפְרִשׁ לְכוֹן רִבִּי חִיָיה בַּרַ בָּא.
HALAKHAH: “One who sells a house,” etc. Rebbi Naḥum in the name of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: Only if it5A shed not covering at least 16 square cubits is not considered an independent building; it would be included in a contract to sell the adjacent apartment.
In measurements, feminine numbers refer to cubits, masculine to handbreadths. is four by four [cubits] and ten [handbreadths] high, and only if it is roofed and waterproofed6So it can be used year-round.. Rebbi Ze‘ira told them, did Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba explain all this to you7In the Babli, 61a, Mar Zuṭra only stipulates the first of R. Ḥiyya bar Abba’s four conditions.?
HALAKHAH: “One who sells a house,” etc. Rebbi Naḥum in the name of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: Only if it5A shed not covering at least 16 square cubits is not considered an independent building; it would be included in a contract to sell the adjacent apartment.
In measurements, feminine numbers refer to cubits, masculine to handbreadths. is four by four [cubits] and ten [handbreadths] high, and only if it is roofed and waterproofed6So it can be used year-round.. Rebbi Ze‘ira told them, did Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba explain all this to you7In the Babli, 61a, Mar Zuṭra only stipulates the first of R. Ḥiyya bar Abba’s four conditions.?
וְלֹא אֶת הַגַּג בִּזְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מַעֲקֶה גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים. סוֹף דָּבָר מַעֲקֶה. הָיוּ אֲחוֹרֵי בָתִּים מַקִּיפִין אוֹתוֹ הָיוּ שָׁם עֲמוּדִים וְכָלוֹנְסִיּוֹת עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מֵהָדָא. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ צוּרַת פֶּתַח אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים אֵינוֹ מָכוּר. אָמְרִין. וְהוּא שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם מַעֲקֶה גָבוֹהַּ עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים.
“Nor the roof if it has a railing ten handbreadths high.” Is a railing the last word? If it was surrounded by back walls of houses, if there were pillars and wooden superstructures8Possibly Latin columnas, acc. pl. of columna, “projecting object, column, pillar, post” (Krauss). on top of them9If the railing is unnecessary because it is already provided automatically by the surrounding buildings.? Let us hear from the following: “Rebbi Jehudah says, if its entry point is shaped like a door it is not sold even if its railing is not ten handbreadths high.” They said, only if it has a railing ten handbreadths high10Since the anonymous majority rejects R. Jehudah’s rule it follows that for them a usable roof is sold with the house below if and only if it is accessible from the house by a door..
“Nor the roof if it has a railing ten handbreadths high.” Is a railing the last word? If it was surrounded by back walls of houses, if there were pillars and wooden superstructures8Possibly Latin columnas, acc. pl. of columna, “projecting object, column, pillar, post” (Krauss). on top of them9If the railing is unnecessary because it is already provided automatically by the surrounding buildings.? Let us hear from the following: “Rebbi Jehudah says, if its entry point is shaped like a door it is not sold even if its railing is not ten handbreadths high.” They said, only if it has a railing ten handbreadths high10Since the anonymous majority rejects R. Jehudah’s rule it follows that for them a usable roof is sold with the house below if and only if it is accessible from the house by a door..